Cordia Mae Adams, 80, of Fort Wayne, a member of Union Baptist Church, died Friday, April 14, 2000, at Lutheran Hospital.
The Middletown, Ohio, native was a member of the church's Missionary Society, senior choir, was department head of the children's division and was chairperson of Missionary Circle No. 1 of the church. She was a member of Fort Wayne Council of Churches, missionary department of the General Baptist State Convention, and pastor's wives division of National Baptist Convention.
Surviving are her husband, Rev. Clyde Adams; daughters Gloria Smith of Southfield, Mich., and Karen L. Adams of Fort Wayne; sons Joseph of Detroit and John of Southfield, Mich.; sisters Helen Hilliard and Loretta Hardeman, both of Bellville, Mich., and Lillian Huffman of Springfield, Ohio; a brother, Elmer Jones of Hamilton, Ohio; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by sisters Anna Jones and Nora Jones and brothers Leonard Jones, Elijah Jones and Leslie Jones.
Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Union Baptist Church, 2200 Smith St., with calling one hour before services. Burial will be at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials are to the church scholarship fund. Information provided by Ellis Funeral Home, 1021 E. Lewis St., 422-6958. News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - April 17, 2000
The Middletown, Ohio, native was a member of the church's Missionary Society, senior choir, was department head of the children's division and was chairperson of Missionary Circle No. 1 of the church. She was a member of Fort Wayne Council of Churches, missionary department of the General Baptist State Convention, and pastor's wives division of National Baptist Convention.
Surviving are her husband, Rev. Clyde Adams; daughters Gloria Smith of Southfield, Mich., and Karen L. Adams of Fort Wayne; sons Joseph of Detroit and John of Southfield, Mich.; sisters Helen Hilliard and Loretta Hardeman, both of Bellville, Mich., and Lillian Huffman of Springfield, Ohio; a brother, Elmer Jones of Hamilton, Ohio; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by sisters Anna Jones and Nora Jones and brothers Leonard Jones, Elijah Jones and Leslie Jones.
Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Union Baptist Church, 2200 Smith St., with calling one hour before services. Burial will be at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials are to the church scholarship fund. Information provided by Ellis Funeral Home, 1021 E. Lewis St., 422-6958. News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - April 17, 2000
Cordia Mae Adams, 80, of Fort Wayne, a member of Union Baptist Church, died Friday, April 14, 2000, at Lutheran Hospital.
The Middletown, Ohio, native was a member of the church's Missionary Society, senior choir, was department head of the children's division and was chairperson of Missionary Circle No. 1 of the church. She was a member of Fort Wayne Council of Churches, missionary department of the General Baptist State Convention, and pastor's wives division of National Baptist Convention.
Surviving are her husband, Rev. Clyde Adams; daughters Gloria Smith of Southfield, Mich., and Karen L. Adams of Fort Wayne; sons Joseph of Detroit and John of Southfield, Mich.; sisters Helen Hilliard and Loretta Hardeman, both of Bellville, Mich., and Lillian Huffman of Springfield, Ohio; a brother, Elmer Jones of Hamilton, Ohio; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by sisters Anna Jones and Nora Jones and brothers Leonard Jones, Elijah Jones and Leslie Jones.
Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Union Baptist Church, 2200 Smith St., with calling one hour before services. Burial will be at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials are to the church scholarship fund. Information provided by Ellis Funeral Home, 1021 E. Lewis St., 422-6958. News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - April 17, 2000
The Middletown, Ohio, native was a member of the church's Missionary Society, senior choir, was department head of the children's division and was chairperson of Missionary Circle No. 1 of the church. She was a member of Fort Wayne Council of Churches, missionary department of the General Baptist State Convention, and pastor's wives division of National Baptist Convention.
Surviving are her husband, Rev. Clyde Adams; daughters Gloria Smith of Southfield, Mich., and Karen L. Adams of Fort Wayne; sons Joseph of Detroit and John of Southfield, Mich.; sisters Helen Hilliard and Loretta Hardeman, both of Bellville, Mich., and Lillian Huffman of Springfield, Ohio; a brother, Elmer Jones of Hamilton, Ohio; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by sisters Anna Jones and Nora Jones and brothers Leonard Jones, Elijah Jones and Leslie Jones.
Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Union Baptist Church, 2200 Smith St., with calling one hour before services. Burial will be at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials are to the church scholarship fund. Information provided by Ellis Funeral Home, 1021 E. Lewis St., 422-6958. News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - April 17, 2000
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